| November 8, 2006 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
The next Post Mortem meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov 8 at the Skellig in Waltham.
The speaker will be Scott Macmillan, Associate Producer at Blue Fang Games, where he is currently producing the next expansion for Zoo Tycoon 2. Prior to that, Scott got his start at Stainless Steel Studios as a QA Tester, and later rose to be QA Lead and Line Producer there. Abstract:
Altruistic Networking
A lot of the time when we think of networking, the image that comes to mind is of the good ol’ boy network and playing a lot of golf. But networking is what we do naturally every day when we talk to our friends, and it has a good place in managing a healthy career - especially in as small a world as game development. What’s more, networking allows you to give something back to people in the same position you once were: on the outside, looking in.
This talk will go over the difference between being a shady back-room dealer and a responsible participant in a community, and discuss some tips on how to naturally network with people instead of forcing things.
We now have an event calendar, so please send in your events for posting, and subscribe to the calendar if that interests you.
November 8th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
I am failry new to New England, and I am trying to get into the games industry out here. I spent almost 10 years working it the industry back in Austin, TX, and when I moved up here (under some false pretenses based off of marriage decisions, different story), I failed to any proper contacts.
I was wondering the type of audiences that show up to your meetings, especially after the abstract quote above, and if there are other means to get my network started up here.
thanks for your help, adn the new site is organized real well, I definitely like it, nie job.
November 8th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Colin,
Welcome to New England! We’ve had discussions on demographics but I don’t know the numbers off the top of my head. In any case, there are many people who attend regularly that are current and former employees and employers at local industry companies. There is also a percentage of students and ‘novices’. The is also a small percentage of industry recruiters that attend. This is the best, and possibly only, way to get involved with the industry’s local community. Good luck in New England and hopefully we’ll see you there soon.
Cheers,
Forest